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February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) said yesterday that while it will sell assets in certain emerging market countries that do not...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citibank Global Securities Services has upgraded and put on the Web its compliance monitoring system for US pension fund clients, the company said.

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Richard Cherry, the chief investment officer of Utah's $11.5 billion public employee retirement fund, is being investigated for allegedly making "personal investments that...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Consumer Price Index (CPI), an economic indicator widely used by pension plans and social security officials to gauge inflation is undergoing changes...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nextrom Inc. has agreed to acquire an Irvine, California foreign currency exchange trader.

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hurricane Isabel continued to bedevil the jobless claims recordkeeping system as lagging claims from mid-September finally hit - driving up the latest government...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City's pension fund chief has demanded that three major US corporations take a long, hard look at the extent of their...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund index provider MSCI has concluded its first quarterly Hedge Invest Index constituent review, which will result in the number of constituent...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The global junk bond default may have dipped to open the new year, but investors should expect it to stay high through most...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looking to save money by streamlining its employee health-care insurance options, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said employees will no longer have a Cigna Corp....

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 15 states have yet to pass legislature to correspond with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA)...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer cost-cutting measures in employee benefits implemented during the lean times seen in the last year are on the wane.

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Philadelphia firefighter, who claimed he was sexually harassed by men under his command - who mistakenly thought he was gay, won...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than seven out 10 workers preparing for retirement say their golden years are up to them and them alone.

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that an employee who voluntarily agreed to give up her right to sue under federal anti-discrimination laws...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Albertsons, Inc. and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have inked a deal to send employment discrimination claims to voluntary mediation-based Alternative...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Congressman says he has a video that shows managers at Enron urging employees to invest all their retirement money in Enron...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even academics are concerned about the rising health care and prescription drug costs, rating it their number one human resource and benefits issue.

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not rehiring workers to avoid higher pension liabilities doesn't violate federal laws governing pensions, a federal appeals court ruled in a case involving...

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal anti-discrimination agency has sued a Long Island firm, charging that it paid 21 Hispanic workers far less than their Asian coworkers...